Preface Acknowledgements List of Figures Abbreviations Note on References Introduction Part 1 Beginnings and Education Introduction to Part 1 1 The Origins (1853-1859) 1 The Birthplace 2 The Family 3 The Early Years Excursus: The Austrian Education System before and after 1848 1 Education in Austrian Schools from the Theresian Reforms to 1848 2 University Education from the Theresian Reforms to 1848 3 Gymnasium Education after 1848 4 University Education after 18482 School Instruction (1860-1870) 1 The Academic Gymnasium 2 The Academic Gymnasium in Meinong's Time 3 Meinong's Gymnasium Studies3 University Studies (1870-1874) 1 The University of Vienna 2 The Faculty of Philosophy 3 Meinong's University Studies 4 Politics at Universities: Student Associations and Burschenschaften 5 Meinong's Political Commitment during His University Years 6 Earning the Doctorate Part 2 The Places of Conflict Introduction to Part 2 4 Nationalism and Political Struggle 1 A Tumultuous Assembly for the Address to Professor Aschbach 2 Critical Remarks on the Idea of an International Court of Arbitration 3 The Significance of the National Question for Austria5 Anticlericalism and Criticism of Religious Institutions 1 On Religion in Its Relations to Modern Civilisation 2 On the History of the Jesuit Order from the Second Half of the 18th Century 3 Austrian Jesuit Gymnasiums in the Eighteenth Century 4 Martin Luther Mentally Ill: Accusation and Defence6 Notes on the Austrian Education System 1 School and University: Criticism and Proposals 2 For a Secular School7 The Value of History 1 The Dissertation on Arnold of Brescia 2 The Article On the History of Arnold of Brescia Part 3 Turning Point and New Beginning Introduction to Part 3 8 The Decision for Philosophy and the Encounter with Brentano (1874) 1 Brentano in Vienna 2 Meinong as Brentano's Pupil9 An Early Approach to Philosophy: Sparks on Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg and Eugen Dühring (1875) 1 A Little Philosophical Controversy 2 On the Characteristic of Contemporary ' Gesinnung -Philosophy'10 New Lines of Research 1 Meinong's Philosophical Apprenticeship: At the School of Brentano (1875-1878) 2 Meinong's Philosophical Apprenticeship: Early Reviews and Hume-Studien i (1876-1877) 3 The Privatdozent and Hume-Studien ii (1878-1882) 4 Political Activity (1875-1887) Appendix 1: Courses Attended by Meinong at the University of Vienna Appendix 2: Brentano's Lectures and Seminars Attended by Meinong at the University of Vienna Appendix 3: Lectures and Seminars Held by Meinong at the University of Vienna Bibliography Index of Names.